1 Year Of Game Development (Progress, Regrets & Future)

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Published 2021-04-25
I've been developing my first game in Unreal Engine for one full year now. In this video I share my progress, thoughts, mistakes and future on this journey to making my first game.

💥Punch A Bunch available on Steam NOW🥊 👉store.steampowered.com/app/1512590/Punch_A_Bunch/

📜 Awesome Courses I took*
Unity course: tinyurl.com/ycavc4sv
UE4 blueprints course: tinyurl.com/ybkqez34
UE4 C++ course: tinyurl.com/y8bbmtfw

❤️ Social
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/lordponty/
• Twitter: twitter.com/Pontypants
• Discord: discord.gg/DTDQfE9

🖱️ My Gear*
Drawing Tablet (I have an older model): amzn.to/3eTiBZ0
Keyboard: amzn.to/3dfkIGz
Mouse: amzn.to/2BdjfT5
Monitor: amzn.to/2XbXFXC
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With this microphone (I have an older version): amzn.to/2Ml16oR
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🎵 Music
I get all my music from Epidemic Sound - Check them out!
Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com/referral/gotunh/

Note, above links are affiliate links which means I will receive a small commission if you decide to buy a course. The price will be the same for you, no difference. Thanks for your support!

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This is what one full year of game development looks like, if you want to know how to make a game, I shared some helpful links in the description. This is my first game, I'm making it in unreal engine, it's a physics-based boxing game. In this video I share my journey through making my first game, lots has happened in the past year - I learned Unreal Engine in 1 month, quit my job, moved to an island and am now working full time on making my first game and making youtube videos.

This is how making games changed my life, I did not expect at all what was to come and now I share my story so far. I'm very positive about the future and I am on track to finishing my first game. If you want to develop your own game, I suggest starting small, don't overscope. Aim to complete your project within one month, and keep doing that until your confidence grows. It's easy to get discouraged looking at videos like making a game in 1 day, making a game in 2 hours, etc but making games takes time. Keep

All Comments (21)
  • @Pontypants
    Forgot to mention in the video - I linked the courses I took to learn game dev in the description in case you are interested in learning like I did :) Also, SUBSUBSUBSUBSUBSUB <3
  • @JustATempest
    I literally just thought, "oh I haven't seen a punch a bunch video in a while." I manually searched up your channel and clicked your most recent video. I then notice it only has about 600 views. Then I realize it was uploaded 7 minutes ago.
  • @nmbileg
    As a game developer with 3+ years experience. Your game genuinely got a shot to be a big hit. Possibly making millions.
  • @BKing007
    Day 1 : noob level game dev Day 365 : ultra pro max game dev YouTuber millionaire
  • @hva3422
    i just want to correct, you can combine animations with physics in Unity by creating a non physics Character and letting the physics character try to recreate the rotation. There is a great Video when searching: recreating gang beast, where there is a animation vid in the playlist. Great video PontyPants 👍
  • @iam_me2303
    Cant believe its already been a year😳
  • @oscarfshy4981
    Congratulations on the one year anniversary on game development!! 🎉🎉
  • 12:30 Thank you for making this videos, just pls make a dev log it must not be big progress but if you upload dev log every week making 1 level and small feature you will make big progress. Pls ponty if you see this consider about this idea and never stop making videos. :)
  • @macdev3929
    In 1 Year Pontypants : Became Pro. Me : Still dont know how to make a snake game.
  • @EvanDoesDev
    I cant believe its been 1 YEAR since you started working on the game.
  • @thecodeprism
    Hey there. I played you demo, there is some thing that i want to say If you want to add animations for block, jab , etc. Then use mixamo. This will add functionality to the game and not make your game single button click.
  • @icefox9875
    saw this in my recommended and as soon as i heard “you’ve got a lot to binge” i was like ok. spent all of yesterday watching the entire series and here i am. the game is great, and your an interesting person to watch
  • @pixies64
    thoroughly enjoyed the journey. ive just finished uni so can start to work on my own game and thinking of documenting as well
  • @Skeffles
    Great to see you talk about your year. You've achieved a lot and I can't wait to see more punch a bunch!
  • Watching this game creation journey is awesome. Seeing the community and everyone just helping each other is awesome!